Acubens

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Its story

Acubens is a white star in the Crab's claw, its name drawn from the Arabic «al-zubānā», «the claws». Cancer is one of the most modest constellations of the zodiac, without bright stars, and Acubens marks precisely one of its almost invisible appendages. At 188 light-years, its limpid light takes just long enough to have set out in the heart of the European Enlightenment.

Constellation: Cancer
Apparent magnitude: 4.26
Distance: 188.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 134.622° · Dec 11.858°
Catalogue: HIP 44066 · HD 76756

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